how we support literacy (and why) One of my core beliefs — the Why, if you will, behind Read+Purr — is that everyone deserves to experience the enchantment, the bliss, and the comfort that are conjured up when we read stories we love. If you’re like me, your...
read children’s books! Has anyone ever scoffed at you — reacted a bit too incredulously, given you an “okaaaay” — about reading (or even admitting that you might read) children’s books as an adult? The proper response to that is to give them a skeptical...
once a book nerd … “I disappeared into books when I was very young, disappeared into them like someone running into the woods.” — Rebecca Solnit Raise your hand, if you were a book nerd when you were younger, reading for fun as often as possible. And...
imagination & magic Come on a walk with me? As we stroll down a wide, dusty, quiet path in the woods, a smaller path veers off to the right and downhill toward the creek. Edges of the narrow path bristle with tall grasses and leggy flowers, and this route...
let’s go forest bathing (without a forest) Let me tell you a story about how (with no idea at the time of what it was called), I was forest bathing before forest bathing was cool. At the small college I went to in — well, a long time ago — I was fortunate...
12 ways to find bliss in the everyday Feeling overly busy? Stressed? A little too aware of the state of the world? Even if you have NO time to spare, let’s make a pact to take a few minutes today (and tomorrow and the next day) to revel in in simple pleasures and cozy...
